Re: De Germaniis (was Re: Roumania...)

Tom Wier wrote:

> > but 'German'
> > Old & Mod.Rom. neamt, (noun) - nemt,esc (adj.)
> > Latin                           germanus (noun + adj.)
> > Polish                  Niemiec (noun) - niemiecki (adj.)
>
> So... did *anyone* take up the name of the Teutones as the name,
> besides the Germans themselves?  It seems almost everyone else
> adopted the name from the Germani or the Alemanni (and where does
> this <neamt,> come from?).
_neamt,_ [n^amts] is a slavonic word = Polish _Niemiec_ [n^em;ets], that
is related to _niemy_ [n^emI] 'mute, dumb' and means someone, who
*doesn't* speak intelligible.

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P. M. ARKTAYG